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dot near the base between the costal and subcostal nervures of the 

 hind wings, and a very minute black dot at the end of each nervure 

 on the hind margin. 



Expanse 1| inch. 



Hab. Formosa ; North India. 



A single female specimen of this insect was sent from Formosa, 

 and one male exists in the British Museum Collection from India, 

 showing it to be a very distinct species, which is probably widely 

 distributed, but rare and local. It comes very near T. venata, Moore, 

 from Northern India. 



11. Danais plexippus, Godart. 

 " Scarce in Formosa." — Swinhoe. 



12. Danais chrysipptjs, Linnaeus. 



Mr. Swinhoe notices the resemblance of this species in appearance 

 and habits to the female of Diadema bolina, L. 



13. EuPLOSA SWINHOET, 11. S. 



Above — brown black, velvety, with a dark purple gloss ; hind wings 

 near the anterior margin and anal angle browner ; upper wings with 

 a submarginal row of six white oval spots edged with blue, the second 

 from the top largest and nearly touching the first ; two dead-black 

 stripes parallel to the lower margin. Hind wings with the anterior 

 margin ashy white ; a row' of eight small round white spots close to 

 the hinder margin, not reaching the anal or outer angles, and a sub- 

 marginal row of four blue-edged spots, the largest near the outer 

 angle. Beneath — deep brown ; upper wings with three spots on the 

 disk, the two upper ones blue (the smallest in the cell), the lowest 

 larger and ashy white ; a marginal row of eight small round white 

 spots beginning at the outer angle, and within it a row of five spots, 

 commencing opposite the space between the third and fourth of the 

 marginal row ; the four first very small ; the last elongate, situated 

 below the apex. Hind wings with the marginal row as above, but 

 of nine or eleven spots ; the submarginal row of three small white 

 spots, and four small bluish spots arranged in a curve outside the 

 extremity of the cell. Wings all finely white-edged between the ner- 

 vures. The body beneath is white-spotted, and there are five white 

 spots on the base of the wings, close to it, on each side. Abdomen 

 blue black, with a group of bluish-white scales at the base of each 

 segment. 



Expanse 3| inches. 



Hab. Formosa. 



A single specimen was taken by Mr. Swinhoe at the foot of a hill 

 a few miles inland. It most resembles a new species from Celebes, 

 near E. doleschalii, Felder. 



14. Messaris erymanthus, Drury. 



"A solitary species : frequents flowers." — Swinhoe. 



